Chapter 264: Asking for Marriage
Although Qin Dong is not very interested in the political marriage, and he is even extremely repulsed in his heart, he also has to admit that Cao Charliti's proposal is actually the best way to solve Edika's threat to him, Edika has no heirs, only Sula is such a princess, if Sula marries Qin Dong, then Qin Dong is Edika's son-in-law, which is equivalent to half a son, even if Edika finally takes refuge in Enek, he will definitely not attack Qin Dong, unless he wants his daughter to lose her husband and take Edika's as a personHe would never do that.
More than a month passed in a blink of an eye, and after weighing left and right for a long time, Qin Dong finally decided to sacrifice his emotions and prepare to propose to Edika and marry a girl he had never met.
That night, after dinner, Qin Dong grabbed Martha, stopped her from putting away the dishes, and let her sit opposite her, Martha knew that he had something to say when she saw Qin Dong's appearance, so she sat down quietly.
"We've been together for almost two years, but I haven't married you and given you a full wedding, I'm very guilty about it, but you know that there are reasons for this, the first is that you have always resisted me, and second, when I came here, I only had a few hundred people on my hands, and I was surrounded by tigers and wolves, worried about being attacked by someone all day, so I kept my head buried in developing my strength, and I really didn't have time to think about it, but now it's different, you no longer resist me, and I'm already a prince. I have a power that no one can be underestimated, and I don't have to worry about anyone attacking me casually, so I'm just starting to think about it these days. If you agree, I want to take a time to hold a wedding, get this done, give you a name, and give you an explanation, what do you think? ”
Seeing Qin Dong talking about this, Martha was also a little shy. His expression was twisted, and he said embarrassedly: "Since you have thought about it, then do what you want!" ”
"That's fine. This matter is so decided, and we will discuss the matter of choosing a date! When Qin Dong said this, his tone changed: "However, I have another matter that I need your consent for!" ”
"What?"
Qin Dong hesitated for a moment and finally said, "I believe you should know." Although in the southeast I am already one of the biggest forces. Yes, that is to say, my force is not the only force, there is another force besides me".
Martha said, "You mean Lord Edika, the king of the Skils?" ”
Qin Dong nodded and said, "Yes, it's him!" ”
"What does this have to do with me, why do you say you need my consent for something?"
Qin Dong explained: "You may not know much about the situation, since Da Shan Yu fell out with several of his brothers, civil wars have broken out frequently, and it is not me who fights you today." Even if you fight him tomorrow, your own forces will be killed. And Lord Edika has returned from the royal court with his army since then, declaring that he will remain neutral and will not help anyone, and his position is not clear until now, and Da Shan Yu and his other two brothers may have to divide the winners and losers after a while, no matter who wins or loses, I must find a way to protect myself, so I must let Edika be on my side,
The next morning, the sun came out, and it was a rare good weather in this cold winter wax moon, Qin Dong headed for Edika's mansion under the protection of the guards.
Halfway through the procession, a woman's coquettish voice came from far behind the line: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”
This was followed by the sound of horses' hooves and the screams of the citizens, who turned out to be a blonde girl dressed as a man, dressed in a snow-white cloak, riding on a fast horse and galloping fast despite the crowd passing through the street, which frightened the citizens into screaming.
Qin Dong didn't hear it in front, and when he heard it and turned his head, the girl was already riding on a horse and running quickly past him, but he didn't see his face clearly, and the crowd in front of him who couldn't avoid it was all wiped to the ground by the galloping fast horse, and many street vendors were also overturned to the ground by the panicked crowd.
Qin Dong said to Batu beside him: "Which lady was that just now?" How do you ride a horse and crash around on the street? ”
Batu shook his head and said, "My lord, I don't know which lady it is!" But I see that the young lady is actually riding on the street, and it is estimated that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and whoever marries her in the future is probably bearable! ”
Qin Dong couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "How do you know that her future husband can't stand it?" Maybe people are still enjoying it? ”
It didn't take long for Qin Dong to arrive at the door of Edika's mansion with the guards, and several Skill guards guarding the door saw that it was Qin Dong and the guards coming, and hurriedly ran in to report to Edica.
Since Qin Dong was promoted to the king of the Eastern Courtyard, Edika has not gone to meet Qin Dong once, according to the rules of officialdom, as the king of the Eastern Courtyard, his official position and rank are the largest in the entire Balkan Peninsula, and he is bigger than Edika, the captain of the left, although Edika is not Qin Dong's subordinate official, but Edika should take the initiative to visit Qin Dong first, but Edica does not, it is obvious that Edika has maintained a neutral attitude until now, neither contacting the bribery of Enek's people, nor dealing with the people of Da Danyu.
But now that Qin Dong took the initiative to come to the door, the situation was a little different, and when Edika heard the report, she immediately changed into clean and tidy clothes and went out with a large number of people to greet her.
"I didn't know that the king of the Eastern Courtyard was coming, Edika greeted the coming, and asked the king to forgive his sins!" After Edika finished speaking, he led a large number of people to stroke his chest, bow his head and bend down.
Qin Dong stepped forward with a smile and helped Edika up and said with a smile: "Haha, Lord Edika doesn't go to my house to chatter, no, I have to come over with a cheeky face, Lord Zuo Captain won't be unwelcome, right?" ”
When Qin Dong's two sentences came out, Edika felt the pressure, and it seemed that today's upstart was not good! Hurriedly stepped aside and said: "What did the king say, the king can come to my house with a face, Edika and a few wives are too late to be happy, how can they not welcome it?" The king, please come in and have tea."
"Haha, Lord Captain Zuo, please!" Qin Dong said the bento and walked up the steps first, Edika turned around and walked with Qin Dong, but he was slightly half a step behind, although he was the master here, he still knew the rules of officialdom.
Most of the guards stayed outside, and Batu only brought a few to go in to protect them, after all, Edika's mansion was not very large, and there were not enough guards to go in, but those who went in were lined up from the gate to the living room, and there were guards standing guard every two meters on both sides of the road, and they were heavily guarded.
Edika saw that today's formation was that Qin Dong was definitely not as simple as an ordinary visit, and secretly thought that he was only afraid of showing the intention of force, so what did Qin Dong want to do? Do you want to force me to stand on the side of Da Dan by force?
After serving tea, Qin Dong looked up and down, left and right while drinking tea, "Lord Edika's mansion is really well built, it seems that this was also a church built by the Romans before, right?" ”
"Yes, the Romans conquered the aborigines here, mixed with the original inhabitants here, and built a large number of buildings here, leaving a lot of traces of civilization, but unfortunately later the Germanic people went south and there were many major wars, so that the ancient city of Sedeka was almost destroyed, although most of the buildings have been preserved, but there are still many buildings destroyed, I followed the first Dan Yu Attila to occupy this place, this place has long been without the previous prosperity!"
Qin Dong nodded and asked, "Lord Zuo, I don't know how the matter of Ling Lang's death has been investigated?" ”
Speaking of her son's death, Edika was a little depressed, shook her head and sighed: "I still don't have a clue, I have checked all the places that should be checked, but I can't find the slightest clue, and even the owner of the inn has not been able to find anything during this time!" ”
Speaking of this, Edika obviously didn't want to mention this sad matter again, so she changed the topic and asked: "The king has always been busy, if there is nothing important, I am afraid that he will not come to me, I wonder what the lord has come to me today?" ”
"Huh!" Qin Dong laughed a few times, "Actually, there is nothing particularly important, that is, this king accidentally saw the heroic appearance of Princess Sula a few days ago, and since then he has not thought about it, so this king wants to ask the adults to marry Her Royal Highness Princess Sula to me!" Saying this, Qin Dong himself felt extremely disgusted, he had never seen Sura before, and he didn't know what Sula looked like, what he said just now was complete nonsense.
Edika had never guessed why Qin Dong came here this time, but he guessed that the biggest possibility was nothing more than that Qin Dong wanted to force him to stand in line, but he never thought that Qin Dong came here this time to ask for marriage, it stands to reason that Sulla's age is not young, and it is time to consider getting married, there are a few young and heroic young men in the clan, but the identities of these people are too far from Sulla, and Edika really doesn't want her daughter to marry.
Now Qin Dong suddenly proposed to marry Sula, which made him unprepared at all, and he didn't know how to reply to Qin Dong for a while, after all, Edika had experienced a lot of storms, and he didn't panic, but muttered for a while and said: "First of all, I have to thank the king, the little girl can get the king's favor is her blessing, to be the king's father-in-law, I can't ask for it, but for Sula's daughter, I have no way at all, Sula has been spoiled by me since she was a child, and has always had her own opinions, I can't be the master of her marriage at all, So I also ask the king for forgiveness, I still have to ask Sulla what he means about this matter, if Sulla agrees to marry the king, I will respect her thoughts, I don't know what the king thinks? ”
Qin Dong had long known that Edika might be this response, so he was also mentally prepared, so he nodded: "Of course, of course, we don't have as much red tape as the Romans, and the affairs of men and women have always been that they can be combined if they are in love with each other, so please ask the adults to ask Princess Sula what she means, please my lord!" (To be continued......)